Meter-testing cut-out.



T. E. MURRAY.

METER'TESTING GUT-OUT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7, 1912.

Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

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WIM/Romo T. E. MURRAY: METER TESTING GUT-OUT.

APPLICATION FILED PEB?, 1912.

Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

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@HOMES E. MURRAY, U1 NEW' YGEK, N. Y.

. METER-,TESTING CUT-UT.

i ,eeeeee To all Lo/1.0m 'it may concern lie it known time l, THOMAS E. MURRAY, e eit mi of elle United etee, residing ei: New York, in the County of New Yei'kand Suite of New York, have invented a, eeite-in new and Lieeful Improvement in Meter of the embout block, may be eonneefeecl intel'- lli elimigeebly to L plurality of reds .Orte the load and eem/ice leads, and whereby current mziy be teken directly by means of gang plug fi'ein fuse lilelimgeennectionfs in Seid bleek.

in the accompanying flzewinge--liigure 1 'is e, longitudinal seeten of my mete? tesi;- ingF eut-eut en the line au, ai eff' 2, Velle meter easing being elle'wn in elevetieu. 2- ie e herir/,euml sehen Showing; the meier easing in plie. en eleeieal die gram showing die service emi lead leed en. euiteeigder running; eendiiens. Fig. e ie eleei'ieel ilizigrem showing eei circuits when the gee@ igillig' is in place. Fig. 5 is e pei'speeeif'e View ei" the geref; plug'hlie euppoiing eer being in doi/tee; lines. Fig; 6

is a perspective View ei im auxiliary gang plug, used in Ceperetien only 'with the con.` mets. lili/J T shows one i: the eonnection :mais Q eeggieetely and in perspeetiJ/e.`

Similar numbers andv iettes ei refefenee indicate like parte.

.A is the eylineliieel seeing of en electric meter, having en oiset B. The meter tel niinels C tubular in form and are received. in ineulating bushings B in the well E ,of Seid ellee't. i i

The eut-eut eempi'ises e. bleek l@ of ineulatine; iiietei'iel, in which are feu? channels, G, lil, i, J'. lu channel H eretwo Conducting; stripe l, L, secured to tile bleek by Suitable screws', having their 4i'neetigeg extremities lient upward and over, es shown at (l, P ,inilfig l, so 'es te be normally in Contact, but eepai'eble by elle ilieerzien of a plug, ee hereafter described.l The etip K is provided at one terminal with e eci-'ew i for' the ailmfllment of (me of elle leed leads O screw 'for 'the teeliileent of e red Q3, Fig.

Speccaton of Letiers Patent.

application filed Fabi-ual? '.f, 191:1.

veltmeter V io binding posts 9, 11.

llie einl ef seid strip L has e. Similar.

ranged sirius R, having bent evei ends il", i, similar te O, l), the outer end of strip R being nenne/eed te the ether lead leed 1 by @crew j, and. elle outer end of the ei'ip being eemeeed ,to another rod 'Q3 by screw im Q .in the channel .1 are me plates T, U, each having; upwedly leem. poitiees at V ie form :L pair ef Spring clips, in Whieh clips are ieeevec the eii eeps oi an erdinery ceriridge fuse W. The pleine 'U ie eenuected te e, red Q by screw mend the plate T to one ei the service leeds by eeiew l. In channel J are ew() pla-tee X, Y, ermiiged similarly to plates T, U te for'm clips, `@he plate Y screw n, anni the plete to ehe other service lea-d il, by Screw o.

@ne mei'uleer of each of )Ehe four pairs ef clips in ehemieie fi, J has a. .leeisal exten-l eiee, as Shown et a, b, c, d, the Seid eX- teneions einiing; Contact platee for pui'- ieeee lieieinefter leeeiibed.A When "the end ei bleek Fie eppieximeecl to the Wall E of eeei; B, the four rede @i enei: elle ubulef meier terminale @fend ere fle'eeelmbly Seeiuefi heeeinby clamping eexews The plug M, Figs. 1 and 5, convpi'ises e supperiring bei* 6 of insulating meteriel, having e handle 7 (met. shawn in Fig. Eieeueei to seid ber are the following contacts: e plete 8, connected to binding poet 9, e simile? plate 10, connected to binding pese 11, a pair oir' plates 12, 13, seperated by mfertition 'of insulating mMeiial and respectively connected ne binding poets 14C, 15, and e pair of similar plates-16, 17, Separated in like manner and respectively coniieeted to binding poets4 18, 19. The binding poets 9 and 19 are connected by strip 20, and the binding posts 11 and 15 by eet-rip i211. The testingemmeter A. is Connected to binding posts 18, lll, end the @Mier running conditions, circuit; proceeds from the plus and minus service leads f1, 3, i0 Elle fuses W, te the field coils e, fof the meter, to the spring contacts' 0', P and (l, l) ie channels vG anni H, and so te the leed leeds 1, 2, lead endl neutral N.

When the meter is te be sested, the gung plug M is inserecl, se that the pairs of plates 12, 1.3 end 16, 17 enter between the sp1-ing contacts 0', P', 0, P in channels G, H, and the pieisee 8, 'feetablish Gentech with plates @die channels lf, J. The cireli being eennecied te a. roel Q illy' lili* `-iield coil f, to the other fuse W, to minus service lead 3. The circuitoii the voltmeter V is across the leads from gang plug plate v 8, to gang lu late 10. The meter potential coil g il; cdniiected intheusual way.

The extensions a, b, c, d (not shown in Figs. 3 and 4) on plates T- X, U, Y provide for establishing, for any desired purpose, a shunt from the cut-out block. To thls end, the gang plug Cf, Figa. may be used. This plug has a supporting bar 22,*and two. de-

pending contact plates 23, 24, similar-'to plates 8, 10, cn'gang plug M, which platesv are connected respectively to the binding posts 25, 26, to which the shunt terminals are attached. When the plug C is inserted, the plates` 23, 2e cooperate with extensions A, so that the current passes to the shunt" line, without traversing the meter or 'fuses W.'

It is to be noted that the connections at the respective' sides of the block F are alike, and that the rods Q and load and service circuit terminals may be interchangeably secured to thitrminals at either side of the .block by means of the screws j, L, Z, o, on one side; and lc, z', m, n, on the other. When the block is 'reversed in position from that shown in Fig. 2, so that-the rods Q are connected to screws j, h, Z, o, and the`circuit leads to screws 7c, z', m, n, the plates 23, 24 on plug C coperate with extensions b' d,

`so that the current passes to the shunt ine withouttraversing thefuse.y It will be obviens that instead of making the'plates b, d of greater width vthan the plates a, c, they maybe madeot' the same width, and the width of the plates .23, 24 on plug C may then beniade to correspond to that of said plates c, tifs, d, so that by placing the lug in contact with plates t?, as shown in ig.

2, the current will` go t'o the shunt without passing to 'the meter, and by placing. the plates 23 and 24 in contact with the plates a, c, the current will go to the shunt without traversin the fuses. By this last described construction, the reversalof the block end for end is rendered unnecessary. In some meter casings the offset B is placed on one side of the casing, and in others, on the opposite side. l arrangement, by suitably shitting the circuit terminals and rods, as described.

1. An electric cut-out,l comprising a base block, two groups of four circuit 'terminals rdisposed lnear opposite edges of one face thereof, contact chps connected to each member of two oppositely disposed pairs of said terminals, two fuse lugs Irespectively seat. ed in said contact cl1ps,'contact clips'interposed between the members of the remaining oppositely disposed pairs, and a testing plug coperating with said last-named contact clips and with'the fuse plug receiving contact clips' connected to two members of one of said groups.

2. An electric cut-out, comprising a base block having four channels, two pairs of contact clips in each of two of said chansaid clips, one pair of contact clips in each of the remainder of saidchannels, and a testing plug coperating with said lastnamed pairs of contact clips and Withone coperating with said contact fuses received in said clips.

In testimony whereof I have afixed my signature .in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS E. MURR.^

I Witnesses:

GERTRUDE T. PORTER,

MAY T. MCLARRY.

nels, fuses in said channels coperating with of said contact clips in each of said lrst- ,Ihe' block is adapted to either cess, a gang plug having circuitterminals plates, and 95. 

